There is absolutely nothing to see here in this incident around New York City’s Times Square. Not a thing.
Police were called to the scene near 42nd and 10th Avenue just after 7 p.m.
The 31-year-old driver was operating a 2013 Chevrolet express van that had a food cart attached which became loose and struck a parked 2021 Kia Serrano with a 48-year-old woman and a 10-year-old boy.
Police say the driver, Sayed Khaled Elsayed Abdelmohsen, fled the scene, but the 48-year-old woman followed him in her vehicle.
First responders noticed a strong smell of gasoline coming from the van and requested FDNY assistance.
At first, the driver of the van tried to get rid of his keys and said he couldn’t open the vehicle, but firefighters forced entry.
They say what they found could have turned catastrophic with a little heat or a single leak or spark.
Absolutely nothing to see here except a possible future mayoral candidate. It’s not as if there’s a pattern of similar behavior. Like in Times Square.
On May 1, 2010, multiple citizens reported seeing smoke coming from an SUV parked near 45th Street and Seventh Avenue in New York City. First responders searched the vehicle and found the two alarm clocks, as well as firecrackers, gas cans, propane tanks, a pressure cooker, and fertilizer.
FBI agents joined law enforcement partners at the scene and then worked with the New York Police Department (NYPD) to trace the SUV to Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan. Shahzad had purchased the SUV a few weeks earlier.
Glasgow 2006.
Or, more recently in 2023…
Mohamad Barakat packed three long guns, four handguns and a vest with magazines in every pocket, as he drove through Fargo, North Dakota in a car with two propane tanks
Or even more recently
“Motive a mystery in car explosion at Travis Air Force Base” was the Los Angeles Times headline, and this one is indeed a real mystery. A Muslim named Hafiz Kazi, according to the Times, “drove a burning minivan filled with propane and gas tanks into the front gate of Travis Air Force Base in Northern California.”
Nothing to see here. Not one thing.
